Lost Anchor from George Vancouver’s Ship Recovered
An anchor, suspected to be a lost anchor of the HMS Chatham, one of George Vancouver's ships, has been recently recovered.
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Category Maritime History
Millions in Gold and Silver Recovered from Shipwreck
Odyssey Marine Exploration started to recover more than 13,500 gold and silver coins, from the SS Central America shipwreck.
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La Salle’s Shipwreck – An Exceptional Archeological Find
Discovered in 1996 on the gulf coast of Texas, after having been submerged for more than 300 years, La Belle shipwreck is the story about the last expedition of 17th century French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle.
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Santa Maria’s Shipwreck: Has it Been Discovered?
Marine explorer Barry Clifford announces that he may have discovered the shipwreck of Columbus' Santa Maria.
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The Marité – The Last Cod Fishing Boat
This 90-year boat which used to fish for cod in Newfoundland waters is magnificent and it taught me how large and gorgeous those fishing boats were.
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Five Centuries of Cod Fishing
I recently read the book "Cinq siècles de pêche à la morue - Terre-Neuvas & Islandais" (Five centuries of cod fishing) written by Nelson Cazeils (in French, sorry!). The book discusses the history of cod fishing in all its aspects.
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Newfoundland – “Terre aux Bretons”
Bretons and Basques have been fishing and exploring the seawaters of Newfoundland and the Saint-Laurent before Samuel de Champlain and even before Jacques Cartier.
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Map of Champlain’s Travels
A map of the various explorations of Samuel de Champlain.
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